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Stewart blasts former CIA analyst for rooting for bin Laden attack
By David Edwards, The Raw Story, July 2, 2009 Perhaps it’s a form of Stockholm Syndrome. The same person who spent nearly a decade fruitlessly leading the CIA unit charged with finding Osama bin Laden now seems to be rooting…
Anti-war dissent grows in the US military
A Secret History of Dissent in the All-Volunteer Military By Dahr Jamail, Tomgram, June 30, 2009 The All-Volunteer Force (AVF) exists for a reason captured in a study by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., author of the “definitive history of…
Prisoner abuse at Bagram, Afghanistan
Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse by Ian Pannell, BBC News, June 24, 2009 Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC. A number of former detainees have alleged they were beaten,…
Colonizing Culture in Iraq
by Dahr Jamail, May 27, 2009 The geo-strategic expansion of the American empire is an accepted fact of contemporary history. I have been writing in these columns about the impact of the US occupation on the people of Iraq in…
Winnipeg Walk for Peace 2009
Winnipeg’s 28th consecutive annual Walk for Peace took place under a warm sun and clear blue skies on Saturday, June 13.While the turn-out of 100 people was small, it was broadly representative of Winnipeg’s diverse communities, with participants of all…